29.8% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Barron · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East Barron
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in East Barron volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This creates a strong culture of community contribution across the area, which is also marked by a high number of people performing unpaid housework and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost 30% of residents volunteer their time, which is far above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A third of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 27.5% care for children unpaid, the share of people providing other unpaid care is lower than in most areas.
11.5% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% ▼ -36.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.1%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.0% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Military service is common here, with 6.3% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in East Barron [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30918/east-barron/topic/community